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9 June 2014

‘Homelessness à la Hollywood’ republished

fiftyfifty (Germany)

A short film about homelessness shot in Los Angeles, USA, was a highlight of international film festivals this Spring. “The Case of Conrad Cooper” depicts a snapshot of the life of a man who, like many thousands of homeless people in America, is forced to live in a car.

Birgit Rumpel of Bodo previewed the rough cut of the film and spoke to producer, Mike Fuhrmann who said: "These are the effects of the financial and housing crisis in the USA, which long ago starting affecting the middle classes. Almost everybody I had anything to do with in the USA either knew people in this situation or had gone through such a time themselves at some point. This raises the question of where the middle class goes once it has disappeared."

The article was republished by fellow German street paper, fifityfifty, based in Düsseldorf.